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Spring 2019 Trout Stocking Summary Mill Creek East Greenbush 440 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches SPRING 2019 TROUT STOCKING SUMMARY Poesten Kill Brunswick 2570 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady County Poesten Kill Brunswick 200 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Poesten Kill Brunswick 1420 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches WATER TOWN NUMBER DATE SPECIES SIZE Poesten Kill Poestenkill 300 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Poesten Kill Poestenkill 1560 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Albany County Poesten Kill Poestenkill 270 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Basic Creek Westerlo 440 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Poesten Kill Poestenkill 710 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Catskill Creek Rensselaerville 750 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Second Pond Grafton 440 June Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Catskill Creek Rensselaerville 180 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Shaver Pond Grafton 600 Spring Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Hannacrois Creek Coeymans 125 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Tackawasick Creek Nassau 100 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Hannacrois Creek Coeymans 1060 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Tackawasick Creek Nassau 800 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Hannacrois Creek Coeymans 710 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Tackawasick Creek Nassau 530 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Lisha Kill Colonie 350 March - April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Town Park Pond East Greenbush 500 April - May Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Onesquethaw Creek New Scotland 1150 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Walloomsac River Hoosick 500 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Onesquethaw Creek New Scotland 100 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Walloomsac River Hoosick 4200 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Six Mile Waterworks City of Albany 2000 March - April Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Walloomsac River Hoosick 1020 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Thompsons Lake Berne 2000 Spring Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Wynants Kill North Greenbush 710 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Thompsons Lake Berne 530 Spring Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Vly Creek New Scotland 270 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Saratoga County Bog Meadow Brook Saratoga 440 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Columbia County Corinth Reservoir Ponds Corinth 300 March Brook Trout 8 - 9 inches Claverack Creek Claverack 2220 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Corinth Reservoir Ponds Corinth 100 April Brook Trout 8 - 9 inches Claverack Creek Claverack 200 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Daly Creek Corinth 440 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Claverack Creek Claverack 310 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Dwaas Kill Halfmoon, Clifton Park 600 Spring Brook Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek Chatham 2220 March - April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Geyser Brook Saratoga Springs 970 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek Chatham 400 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Geyser Brook Saratoga Springs 350 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek Chatham 1240 April - May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Glowegee Creek Milton 1110 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek Kinderhook 350 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Great Sacandaga Lake Day 12000 Spring Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek Kinderhook 350 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Greenfield 440 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek New Lebanon 1950 March - April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Greenfield, Milton 1990 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kinderhook Creek New Lebanon 400 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Greenfield, Milton 400 May Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Kinderhook Creek New Lebanon 1060 April - May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Greenfield, Milton 710 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kline Kill Ghent, Kinderhook, Chatham 1420 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Milton 1990 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Ore Pit Pond Copake 300 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Milton 400 May Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Queechy Lake Canaan 1590 Spring Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Kayaderosseras Creek Milton 1460 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Queechy Lake Canaan 1800 Spring Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Moreau Lake Moreau 3000 Spring Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Clermont 680 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Palmer Lake Edinburg 220 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Clermont 6470 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Paul Creek Edinburg 350 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Clermont 3990 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Sand Creek Edinburg 440 Spring Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Gallatin 350 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Snook Kill Northumberland / Wilton 2300 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Gallatin 2830 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Upper Corinth Reservoir Corinth 300 Spring Brook Trout 8 - 9 inches Roeliff Jansen Kill Gallatin 1510 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Taghkanic Creek Greenport 2390 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Schenectady County Taghkanic Creek Greenport 200 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Lisha Kill Niskayuna 800 March Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Taghkanic Creek Greenport 530 May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Locations Recommended for Families/Beginning Anglers* Weed Mines Pond Ancram 200 April Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Six Mile Waterworks City of Albany 2000 March Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Rensselaer County Town Park Pond East Greenbush 500 April - May Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Glass Lake Sand Lake 1800 Spring Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Moreau Lake Moreau 3000 Spring Rainbow Trout 8 - 9 inches Hoosic River Hoosick 200 April - May Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Long Pond Grafton 1770 June Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Kinderhook Creek Nassau 4700 March - April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Second Pond Grafton 440 June Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Kinderhook Creek Nassau 897 April Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Shaver Pond Grafton 600 Spring Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Kinderhook Creek Nassau 2570 April - May Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Greens Lake Athens 200 Spring Brown Trout 12 -15 inches Kinderhook Creek Stephentown 2750 April Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Queechy Lake Canaan 1590 Spring Rainbow Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches Kinderhook Creek Stephentown 890 May - June Brown Trout 8 - 9 inches Queechy Lake Canaan 1800 Spring Brown Trout 8 – 9 inches Long Pond Grafton 1770 June Brown Trout 8.5 - 9.5 inches *Locations provide good shoreline access. Six Mile Waterworks, Town Park Pond, Long Pond and Moreau Lake have bathroom facilities. Courtesy of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 20 | APRIL 2019 | CRLMAG.COM CAPITAL REGION LIVING MAGAZINE | APRIL 2019 | 21.
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